Engineer - Robotics

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Job description

Overview:

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) is a well-established and progressive defense contracting company in the DC Metro area. We are a professional services firm established in 1972 that has a long-standing reputation for unrivaled technical and analytical support to some of the top decision makers in the Federal Sector. We do state of the art work and have a cadre of outstanding professionals on our team.

SPA assists the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in developing leading edge technologies to counter WMD in support of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and transitioning these technologies to services and SOCOM. SPA provides expertise across the full range of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE) WMD, Counter Improvised Threat(CIT) and Countering Threat Network (CTN) technologies to support understanding, detection, identification, characterization, denial, control, disabling, defeating, disposing, safeguarding the force, managing consequences, and test and evaluation in support of military and civilian operations. #CJ #IN123

Responsibilities:

Robotics-minded engineer will provide an important technical interface with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), and be responsible for the quality, quantity, and timeliness of the work required to satisfy the contract on a range of technical performance including counter WMD technologies, explosives, weapons systems, hard target defeat, counter threat networks, emerging WMD threats, hazard prediction and mitigation, detection, forensics, warfighter assessments and wargaming, survivability issues for US equipment, and IT systems. Supports systems development, assessment and refinement from concept formulation through implementation, operation and disposal. Employs interdisciplinary techniques to define and evaluate systems functionality including operational concepts, requirements definition, system architecture definition and development, analysis of alternatives, modeling and simulation, element integration, predictive measures, technical evaluation, detailed design and production, risk assessment, cost analysis, test and evaluation, and process improvement. Identifies potential problems and evaluates compensatory system designs using quantitative methods and scientific analyses to predict and measure outcomes and consequences. Formulates solutions for improving functional effectiveness and operational efficiency by analyzing a system's elements such as people, hardware, software, facilities, policies, and procedures in an integrated manner.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in engineering
Experience in robotic design/build/test and innovative autonomy prototyping applications
8 + years of experience in an engineering, scientific or acquisition analysis function, including research.
Possess and maintain a Top Secret clearance and be SCI eligible

Desired Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering with a specialty in robotics (design/build/test); Master's or Ph.D. in an engineering field
Experience with a variety of autonomous systems
Knowledge of military processes and systems